Each metro car will be equipped with DTI's latest Mobile Digital Recorder (MDR-5) and eight high resolution colour cameras plus wireless infrastructure. A Driver Display presents the view of the two exit cameras in each of the metro cars which are connected together to form the metro car-set. Importantly, the MDR-5 systems are configured to auto-discover each other in any coupled metro car-set so that the view from each exit door camera is automatically presented and can be easily seen by the driver without the need for any user intervention notifying which metro cars are coupled together. A single touch on any individual camera image expands that image to full screen size. A second touch reduces the image back to its’ original size.

The order for 81 metro cars was received after a successful trial involving four metro cars, and back office fleet management system and software. After receiving the order for the trial in April with an extremely difficult timeline, the trial equipment was delivered on schedule in May and successfully tested by the Rotterdam customer in June.

Netherlands based company VCS Observation has partnered with DTI for the project. VCS will be the prime contractor and will supply installation services. VCS is a major integrator and provider of surveillance solutions in the Netherlands.

The Rotterdam project further builds on DTI's success in providing advanced transit surveillance solutions and services in the Rail and Tram market. With over 12,000 cameras installed or on order in buses, trains, and trams globally, DTI is well positioned as a recognised transit surveillance provider.

Jaap Spiering, Business Development Manager of DTI Netherlands said: “We are pleased to provide a solution to VCS and Rotterdam which meets their challenging requirements and we look forward to building a strong and enduring relationship”.

VCS Observation is the RET's preferred supplier of video surveillance solutions. For years both companies have been working together to improve security in public transport in and around the Rotterdam area.

According to Michel Neelemans, Manager Operations of VCS Observation, apart from CCTV surveillance at the metro stations, camera surveillance in metro cars was high on the priority list of the RET. “Through an excellent cooperation with DTI the trial was completed very successfully and installation of the Mobile Digital Recorder and the camera's in the metro cars can now start. VCS Observation and the RET both hope this extension to the current video camera supervision will improve security and livability in Rotterdam's public transport system even more.”

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About DTI Group

DTI (Digital Technology International) provides advanced surveillance systems, solutions and services in the global mass transit industry.  DTI’s customers are transit agencies and operators which are offered a range of professional products and services that encompass on-board recording equipment, fleet management systems, backend mass storage and retrieval facilities and end-to-end managed services.  Sales and project delivery is undertaken both by DTI directly and through its global partners’ network.

DTI is a recognised supplier to the mass transit surveillance market. Core technology development and system design activities are undertaken from the Company’s Perth office and are complemented through a strategic research partnership with Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology.

DTI Group is an Australian public company.

Enquiries
Richard Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
DTI Group
Phone: (08) 9479 1195
www.dti.com.au

Under the agreement, DTI will provide ongoing hardware and software maintenance for over 750 bus surveillance systems for the South Australian Government. The agreement also includes additional services such as help desk support, equipment monitoring, equipment reporting, and hardware maintenance. The help desk support will be ‘manned’ by experienced staff who have worked extensively in the bus-industry and have comprehensive experience in CCTV operations support.  DTI’s management of the diagnostic testing, monitoring, and maintenance of the surveillance infrastructure will maximise system availability and convenience to the operators.

The original supply project involved the installation of 750 systems following the contract award in June 2006.  Extensions to the Government's scope of works were negotiated directly between DTI and the Adelaide bus operators to include DTI's GPS based vehicle location system, wireless data communications infrastructure and DTI's fleet management software suite. DTI's wireless infrastructure and back-end CCTV management system centralises and coordinates the bus CCTV network and allows video evidence to be recovered from buses through an on-line automated CCTV 'booking' system providing significant benefits through the easy management of equipment, video retrieval and video storage.

Keith Hughes, General Manager - Australia said: “We are pleased that the South Australian Government selected DTI’s comprehensive range of outsourced services for their installed surveillance systems and we look forward to assisting them achieve the objectives of their safety and security initiatives”.

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About DTI Group

DTI (Digital Technology International) provides advanced surveillance systems, solutions and services in the global mass transit industry.  DTI’s customers are transit agencies and operators which are offered a range of professional products and services that encompass on-board recording equipment, fleet management systems, backend mass storage and retrieval facilities and end-to-end managed services.  Sales and project delivery is undertaken both by DTI directly and through its global partners’ network.

DTI is a market leader in Australia’s mass transit. Core technology development and system design activities are undertaken from the Company’s Perth office and are complemented through a strategic research partnership with Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology.

DTI Group is an Australian public company.

Enquiries
Richard Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
DTI Group
Phone: (08) 9479 1195
www.dti.com.au

• A new digital video surveillance system with removable hard disk drive and wireless data communications infrastructure for system management and data downloads.

• An upgraded audio communications system comprising public address and automated digital voice announcement system (DVA). The DVA system provides computer and GPS driven automated announcements for next stop, door open and close and other en-route passenger information messages.
• New external LED driven Destination Indication (DI) signs and internal Passenger Information Displays (PID). Both displays are digitally controlled and automated in conjunction with the DVA system.
• A Crew Surveillance Screen which provides status information and also interfaces with the surveillance system to provide live views from all cameras in up to 12 cars of the train.

The new digital video system is based on the MDR5, DTI’s latest generation of hybrid transit recorder. The innovative recorder is able to manage a mixture of full frame rate analogue and high definition megapixel IP cameras and will contain two fully independent 1TB hot swappable drives catering for extensive storage and easy fault free operation. The recorder will contain and manage all of the audio and display message information as part of the DVA system.

The scope of work also includes DTI's fleet management software suite and comprehensive back-end CCTV management system which will centralise and coordinate the train CCTV network. DTI’s key rail partner, Comrail Pty Ltd, will provide specialised display and audio equipment. The project is planned to be rolled out over the next two years.

Richard Johnson, DTI CEO said: “We are very pleased that Queensland Rail selected DTI as their communications and CCTV equipment supplier for such a major contract.  The Queensland Rail project further builds on DTI’s success in providing advanced transit surveillance and communications solutions to the rail industry”.

 
About DTI Group

DTI (Digital Technology International) provides advanced surveillance systems, solutions and services in the global mass transit industry.  DTI’s customers are transit agencies and operators which are offered a range of professional products and services that encompass on-board recording equipment, fleet management systems, backend mass storage and retrieval facilities and end-to-end managed services.  Sales and project delivery is undertaken both by DTI directly and through its global partners’ network.

DTI is a recognised supplier to the mass transit surveillance market with over 13,000 cameras installed or on order in buses, trains, and trams globally. Core technology development and system design activities are undertaken from the Company’s Perth office and are complemented through a strategic research partnership with Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology.

DTI Group is an Australian public company.

Enquiries
Richard Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
DTI Group
Phone: (08) 9479 1195
www.dti.com.au

About DTI Group

DTI (Digital Technology International) provides advanced surveillance systems, solutions and services in the global mass transit industry. DTI’s customers are transit agencies and operators which are offered a range of professional products and services that encompass on-board recording equipment, fleet management systems, backend mass storage and retrieval facilities and end-to-end managed services. Sales and project delivery is undertaken both by DTI directly and through its global partners’ network.

DTI is a market leader in Australia’s mass transit. Core technology development and system design activities are undertaken from the Company’s Perth office and are complemented through a strategic research partnership with Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology.

DTI Group is an Australian public company.

Enquiries
Richard Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
DTI Group
Phone: (08) 9479 1195
www.dti.com.au

About DTI Group

DTI (Digital Technology International) provides advanced surveillance systems, solutions and services in the global mass transit industry. DTI’s customers are transit agencies and operators which are offered a range of professional products and services that encompass on-board recording equipment, fleet management systems, backend mass storage and retrieval facilities and end-to-end managed services. Sales and project delivery is undertaken both by DTI directly and through its global partners’ network.

DTI is a market leader in Australia’s mass transit. Core technology development and system design activities are undertaken from the Company’s Perth office and are complemented through a strategic research partnership with Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology.

DTI Group is an Australian public company.

Enquiries
Richard Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
DTI Group
Phone: (08) 9479 1195
www.dti.com.au

The scope of works also included DTI's GPS based vehicle location system, wireless data communications infrastructure and DTI's fleet management software suite. DTI's wireless infrastructure and comprehensive back-end CCTV management system centralises and coordinates the bus CCTV network.

Each bus will be equipped with DTI's latest Mobile Digital Recorder (MDR-5) and between six and eight high resolution colour cameras plus wireless infrastructure. A microphone located in the forward part of the bus is available to capture audio/voice communications under 'duress' or emergency situations. An optional Driver Display will also cater for viewing of the rear door further enhancing passenger safety.

Under the agreement, DTI will provide ongoing services such as help desk assistance and technical support, equipment monitoring and reporting as well as IT infrastructure support.

The Brisbane City Council project further builds on DTI's success across Australia in providing advanced city-wide transit surveillance solutions and services in over half of Australia’s capital cities. With 8,500 cameras now installed in buses and trains in Australia and a further 2,700 to be installed as part of the Brisbane City Council project, DTI is well positioned as the major transit surveillance provider in Australia.

CEO Richard Johnson said: “We are pleased that Brisbane City Council selected DTI for their transit surveillance provider. The solution will be an important tool for increasing safety and security and will provide ongoing benefits in the management of equipment, video retrieval and video storage”.

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About DTI Group

DTI (Digital Technology International) provides advanced surveillance systems, solutions and services in the global mass transit industry. DTI’s customers are transit agencies and operators which are offered a range of professional products and services that encompass on-board recording equipment, fleet management systems, backend mass storage and retrieval facilities and end-to-end managed services. Sales and project delivery is undertaken both by DTI directly and through its global partners’ network.

DTI is a market leader in Australia’s mass transit. Core technology development and system design activities are undertaken from the Company’s Perth office and are complemented through a strategic research partnership with Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology.

DTI Group is an Australian public company.

Enquiries
Richard Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
DTI Group
Phone: (08) 9479 1195
www.dti.com.au

Under the agreement, DTI will provide ongoing hardware and software maintenance for the upgraded communications, passenger information and video surveillance systems across 48 rail car sets for the Public Transport Authority (PTA). The agreement also includes additional services such as help desk assistance, equipment monitoring and equipment reporting.

The maintenance agreement builds on the $4M system supply contract signed with the PTA in February 2005. Under the supply contract, each rail car was equipped with:

• An upgraded audio communications system comprising intercom, public address system and an automated digital voice announcement system (VAS). The VAS system provides computer and GPS driven automated announcements for next stop, door open and close and other en-route passenger information messages.
• An upgraded Passenger Emergency Intercom (PEI) system with full integration with the new video surveillance system.
• New external LED driven Destination Indication (DI) signs and internal Passenger Information Displays (PID). Both displays are digitally controlled and automated in conjunction with the VAS system.
• New digital video surveillance system with removable hard disk drive and wireless LAN communications for system management and data downloads.

CEO Richard Johnson said: “This project further extends DTI’s business into the outsourced service business and effectively builds on the service bureau already established for our core customers”.

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About DTI Group

DTI (Digital Technology International) provides advanced surveillance systems, solutions and services in the global mass transit industry. DTI’s customers are transit agencies and operators which are offered a range of professional products and services that encompass on-board recording equipment, fleet management systems, backend mass storage and retrieval facilities and end-to-end managed services. Sales and project delivery is undertaken both by DTI directly and through its global partners’ network.

DTI is a market leader in Australia’s mass transit. Core technology development and system design activities are undertaken from the Company’s Perth office and are complemented through a strategic research partnership with Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology.

Enquiries

Richard Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
DTI Group
Phone: (08) 9479 1195
www.dti.com.au

The capital was raised pursuant to the exercise of options and conversion of convertible notes from DTI’s existing shareholder base.  Funds raised will be used to supplement working capital requirements for future projects and company expansion.

Chairman Peter Harley said: “It is very pleasing to know that DTI is strongly supported by its existing shareholders.  Eighty-five per cent of the options and convertible notes were exercised”.

CEO Richard Johnson said: “DTI’s balance sheet has been further strengthened by the capital raising, as evidenced by the Current Ratio calculation which now stands at a comfortable 4.6 times, and the Quick Ratio calculation which is three times”.

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About DTI Group

DTI (Digital Technology International) provides advanced surveillance systems, solutions and services in the global mass transit industry.  DTI’s customers are transit agencies and operators which are offered a range of professional products and services that encompass on-board recording equipment, fleet management systems, backend mass storage and retrieval facilities and end-to-end managed services.  Sales and project delivery is undertaken both by DTI directly and through its global partners’ network.

DTI is a market leader in Australia’s mass transit. Core technology development and system design activities are undertaken from the Company’s Perth office and are complemented through a strategic research partnership with Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology.

DTI Group is an Australian public company.

Richard Johnson

Chief Executive Officer

DTI Group

Phone: (08) 9479 1195

Awarded in August 2007, the project was a major security undertaking which delivered a 'whole of fleet' video surveillance system across all of Canberra’s 340 buses. Each bus was equipped with DTI's latest Mobile Digital Recorder (MDR-4) and between 2 and five high resolution colour cameras. A microphone located in the forward part of the bus is available to capture audio/voice communications under 'duress' or emergency situations.

The scope of works also included DTI's GPS based vehicle location system, wireless data communications infrastructure and DTI's fleet management software suite. DTI's wireless infrastructure and back-end CCTV management system centralises and coordinates the bus CCTV network and allows video evidence to be recovered from buses through an on-line automated CCTV 'booking' system.

The Canberra project further builds on DTI's success across Australia in providing advanced city-wide transit surveillance operations in half of Australia’s capital cities. With over 8,500 cameras now installed in buses and trains in Australia, DTI is well positioned as the major transit surveillance provider in Australia.

CEO Richard Johnson said: “We are pleased that we were able to complete the Canberra bus project ahead of schedule. The system is now being used extensively with the solution providing significant benefits through the easy management of equipment, video retrieval and video storage”.

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About DTI Group

DTI (Digital Technology International) provides advanced surveillance systems, solutions and services in the global mass transit industry. DTI’s customers are transit agencies and operators which are offered a range of professional products and services that encompass on-board recording equipment, fleet management systems, backend mass storage and retrieval facilities and end-to-end managed services. Sales and project delivery is undertaken both by DTI directly and through its global partners’ network.

DTI is a market leader in Australia’s mass transit. Core technology development and system design activities are undertaken from the Company’s Perth office and are complemented through a strategic research partnership with Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology.

DTI Group is an Australian public company.

Enquiries
Richard Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
DTI Group
Phone: (08) 9479 1195
www.dti.com.au

DTI Group Ltd has been awarded through public tender, a major contract by the ACT Government to supply, install and maintain CCTV equipment across 340 metro buses in Canberra. The project is a major security undertaking which will deliver 'whole of fleet' video surveillance across all of Canberra’s buses.

Each bus will be equipped with DTI's latest Mobile Digital Recorder (MDR-4) and between 3 and five high resolution colour cameras. A microphone located in the forward part of the bus is available to capture audio/voice communications under 'duress' or emergency situations.

The scope of works also includes DTI's GPS based vehicle location system, wireless data communications infrastructure and DTI's fleet management software suite. DTI's wireless infrastructure and back-end CCTV management system centralises and coordinates the bus CCTV network and allows video evidence to be recovered from buses through an on-line automated CCTV 'booking' system.

The Canberra project further builds on DTI's success across Australia in providing advanced city-wide transit surveillance operations and positions DTI as the major digital CCTV provider in Australia.

The trial involves automatic detection and identification of vehicles which infringe on tram lanes.

A detection device provided by Tenix will be affixed to the front and rear of each tram which will track and monitor vehicles in the near vicinity of the tram. If the vehicle infringes on the tram line, the detection device will automatically request footage to be archived for later identification and processing for possible fines.

This is the first contract in which Tenix and DTI have joined forces to supply advanced vehicle detection and recording technology in an integrated system.

J-1708 is a standard protocol used for devices such as signs and engine management systems on newer buses in the US to communicate with each other. This interface is now in use on the 143 MobileView4 systems designed and supplied to GE for buses in Washington DC.

Around 500 of Perth's transit buses will be upgraded to support high speed wireless data transfers and to enable the network to be managed and controlled from a central monitoring facility.

Since 2000, DTI has been supplying and installing digital CCTV systems into Perth's transit buses with approximately 650 buses now equipped with up to 7 high resolution cameras. As of 2006, all new buses were also equipped with DTI's GPS based vehicle location system and high-speed wireless data communication capacity. The upgrade program being undertaken by DTI addresses the 550 buses which were delivered prior to 2006.

The wireless upgrade is a major advancement to the transit CCTV infrastructure providing a coordinated and centrally managed facility covering Perth's bus network. In addition to the on-vehicle upgrades, DTI will be supplying and installing across Perth's 16 bus depots, high speed communications infrastructure and mass storage data servers on which the city's transit surveillance information will be hosted. Advanced CCTV viewing stations will also be installed for use by bus operators, transit agencies and police to undertaken investigations using the surveillance information.

The technology behind the on-board CCTV equipment, the communications infrastructure, the transit network management systems and the CCTV investigation software has been designed and developed by DTI as part of the company's on-going effort in developing leading edge transit surveillance management solutions.

Complimenting the supply contract, DTI has also been engaged under a 5 year outsourced management contract to monitor, support and maintain the transit CCTV network. In delivering this operate contract, DTI will establish at it's Perth Headquarters, a call centre and a centralised CCTV management facility to monitor the city-wide network (Surveillance Service Bureau).

The upgrade rollout and the establishment of the Surveillance Service Bureau is due for completion by mid 2007.

"The MobileView system helps transit systems save money by deterring crime and vandalism as well as disposing of false and misleading claims more quickly," said Robert Siegel, GE Security's General Manager for Video and Software Solutions. "By showcasing a safer riding experience, MobileView helps increase passenger volumes and Rapid Transit Authority revenues. It is successfully employed by transit systems in Chicago, Las Vegas, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix and Reno."

Under the strategic agreement, GE Security will license DTI's transit surveillance I.P. / technology for the MobileView IV product and it's associated CCTV investigation and fleet management software suites. GE Security will market and distribute the MobileView product range and will pay to DTI license fees for each system sold. MobileView IV is available through GE's extensive global dealer network.

While final licensing and distribution agreements were consummated in October 2006, DTI and GE Security have been actively engaged on the design and development phase of this next generation transit surveillance solution for some 18 months. DTI will manufacture the first 750 MobileView IV systems from its Perth, Western Australia facility after which time GE Security will take over manufacturing responsibilities. Deliveries of MobileView IV through GE Security are to commence in October 2006.

DTI's partnership with GE Security represents a major growth opportunity for the company as it builds its business globally. GE Security's decision to adopt DTI's technology in its next generation MobileView product is a strong endorsement to DTI's success in developing advanced surveillance technologies which are ideally suited and tailored to the needs of transit agencies.

MobileView IV records up to 12 cameras at up to 120 pictures per second, offers up to 1Tb of internal data storage, has integrated GPS for vehicle tracking and locating and provides extensive peripheral inputs for measuring and recoding associated vehicle operating data including speed, braking, turn indicator use and g-force levels. The associated software suites provide advanced CCTV investigation tools, automated data recovery using WiFi communications and comprehensive enterprise level vehicle and case management systems.

Each bus will be equipped with DTI's latest Mobile Digital Recorder (MDR-4) and five high resolution colour cameras. A microphone located in the forward part of the bus is available to capture audio/voice communications under 'duress' or emergency situations.

Extensions to the Government's scope of works were negotiated directly between DTI and the Adelaide bus operators to include DTI's GPS based vehicle location system, wireless data communications infrastructure and DTI's fleet management software suite. The combined Government-Private contract totalled over $4.5M and will see Adelaide's buses equipped with one of the most advanced city-wide transit surveillance systems in the country.

DTI's wireless infrastructure and back-end CCTV management system centralises and coordinates the bus CCTV network and allows video evidence to be recovered from buses through an on-line automated CCTV 'booking' system.

For example, video evidence pertaining to a security incident is entered by CCTV operators into the network by way of computer terminal. The CCTV network then automatically locates and recovers the requested information from the appropriate bus and stores it on one of DTI's 12 CCTV data servers located across Adelaide. The CCTV operator is then able to review and investigate the incident using DTI's CCTV investigation software.

The Adelaide project further builds on DTI's success across Australia in providing advanced city-wide transit surveillance operations and positions DTI as the major digital CCTV provider in Australia.